Words of Four Letters

Updated June 26, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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  • Aborigine: Borneo, DYAK
  • Agave, ALOE
  • Animal: Footless, APOD
  • Ant: White, ANAI, ANAY
  • Antelope: African, ASSE, BISA, GUIB, KOBA, KUDU, ORYX, POKU, PUKU, TOPI, TORA
  • Apoplexy: Plant, ESCA
  • Apple, POME
  • Apricot, ANSU
  • Ardor, ELAN
  • Armadillo, APAR, PEBA, PEVA, TATU
  • Ascetic: Islamic, SUFI
  • Association: Chinese, TONG
  • Astronomer: Persian, OMAR
  • Avatar: Of Vishnu, RAMA
  • Axillary, ALAR
  • Band: Horizontal (heraldry), FESS
  • Barracuda, SPET
  • Bark: Mulberry, TAPA
  • Base: Column, DADO
  • Bearing (heraldry), ORLE
  • Beer: Russian, KVAS
  • Beige, ECRU
  • Being, ESSE
  • Beverage: Japanese rice, SAKE
  • Bird: Asian, MINA, MYNA
    Egyptian sacred, IBIS
    Extinct, DODO, MAMO
    Flightless, KIWI
    Gull-like, TERN
    Hawaiian, IIWI, MAMO
    Parson, KOKO
    Unfledged, EYAS
  • Birds: As class, AVES
  • Black, EBON
    (French), NOIR
  • Blackbird: European, MERL
  • Boat: Flat-bottomed, DORY
  • Bone: Forearm, ULNA
  • Bones, OSSA
  • Box, Japanese, INRO
  • Bravo (rare), EUGE
  • Buffalo: Indian wild, ARNA
  • Bull (Spanish), TORO
  • Burden, ONUS
  • Cabbage: Sliced, SLAW
  • Caliph: Islamic, OMAR
  • Canoe: Malay, PRAU, PROA
  • Cap: Military, KEPI
  • Cape, NESS
  • Capital: Ancient Irish, TARA
  • Case: Article, ETUI
  • Cat: Wild, BALU, EYRA
  • Chalcedony, SARD
  • Chamber: Indian ceremonial, KIVA
  • Channel: Brain, ITER
  • Cheese: Dutch, EDAM
  • Chest: Sepulchral stone, CIST
  • Chieftain: Arab, EMIR
  • Church: Part of, APSE, NAVE
    (Scottish), KIRK
  • Claim (law), LIEN
  • Cluster: Flower, CYME
  • Coin: Chinese, TAEL, YUAN
    German, MARK
    Indian, ANNA
    Iranian, RIAL
    Italian, LIRA
    Moroccan, OKIA
    Siamese, BAHT
    South American, PESO
    Spanish, DURO, PESO
    Turkish, PARA
  • Commune: Belgian, AATH
  • Composition: Musical, OPUS
  • Compound: Chemical, DIOL
  • Constellation: Southern, PAVO
  • Council: Russian, DUMA
  • Counsel, REDE
  • Covering: Seed, ARIL
  • Cross: Egyptian, ANKH
  • Cry: Bacchanalian, EVOE
  • Cup (Scottish), TASS
  • Cupbearer, SAKI
  • Dagger, DIRK
    Malay, KRIS
  • Dam: River, WEIR
  • Dash, ELAN
  • Date: Roman, IDES
  • Dawn: Pertaining to, EOAN
  • Dean: English, INGE
  • Decay: In fruit, BLET
  • Deer: Sambar, MAHA
  • Disease: Skin, ACNE
  • Disk: Solar, ATEN
  • Dog: Hunting, ALAN
  • Drink: Hindu intoxicating, SOMA
  • Duck, SMEE, SMEW, TEAL
  • Dynasty: Chinese, CHEN, CHIN, CHOU, CHOW, HSIA, MING, SUNG, TANG, TSIN
    Mongol, YUAN
  • Eagle: Biblical, GIER
    Sea, ERNE
  • Ear: Pertaining to, OTIC
  • Egyptian: Christian, COPT
  • Entrance: Mine, ADIT
  • Esau, EDOM
  • Escutcheon: Voided, ORLE
  • Eskers, OSAR
  • Evergreen: New Zealand, TAWA
  • Fairy: Persian, PERI
  • Family: Italian, ESTE
  • Far (comb. form), TELE
  • Farewell, VALE
  • Father (French), PERE
  • Fennel: Philippine, ANIS
  • Fever: Malarial, AGUE
  • Fiber: East Indian, JUTE
  • Firn, NEVE
  • Fish: Carplike, DACE
    Hawaiian, ULUA
    Herringlike, SHAD
    Mackerellike, CERO
    Marine, HAKE
    Sea, LING, MERO, OPAH
    Spiny-finned, GOBY
  • Food: Tropical, TARO
  • Foot: Metric, IAMB
  • Formerly, ERST
  • Founder: Of Carthage, DIDO
  • France: Southern, MIDI
  • Furze, ULEX
  • Gaelic, ERSE
  • Gaiter, SPAT
  • Game: Card, FARO, SKAT
  • Garlic: European wild, MOLY
  • Garment: Hindu, SARI
    Roman, TOGA
  • Gazelle, CORA
  • Gem, JADE, ONYX, OPAL, RUBY
  • Genus: Amphibians (incl. frogs), RANA
    Amphibians (incl. tree toads), HYLA
    Antelopes, ORYX
    Auks, ALCA, URIA
    Bees, APIS
    Birds (American ostriches), RHEA
    Birds (cranes), CRUS
    Birds (magpies), PICA
    Birds (peacocks), PAVO
    Cetaceans, INIA
    Ducks (incl. mallards), ANAS
    Fishes (burbots), LOTA
    Fishes (incl. bowfins), AMIA
    Geese (snow geese), CHEN
    Gulls, XEMA
    Herbs, ARUM, GEUM
    Insects (water scorpions), NEPA
    Lilies, ALOE
    Mammals (humans), HOMO
    Orchids, DISA
    Owls, ASIO, BUBO, OTUS
    Palms, NIPA
    Sea birds, SULA
    Sheep, OVIS
    Shrubs, Eurasian, ULEX
    Shrubs (hollies), ILEX
    Shrubs (incl. Virginia Willow), ITEA
    Shrubs, tropical, EVEA
    Snakes (sand snakes), ERYX
    Swans, OLOR
    Trees, chocolate, COLA
    Trees (ebony family), MABA
    Trees (incl. maples), ACER
    Trees (olives), OLEA
    Trees, tropical, EVEA
    Turtles, EMYS
  • Goat: Wild, IBEX, KRAS, TAHR, TAIR, THAR
  • God: Assyrian, ASUR
    Babylonian, ADAD, ADDU, ENKI, ENZU, IRRA, NABU, NEBO, UTUG
    Celtic, LLEU, LLEW
    Hindu, AGNI, CIVA, DEVA, DEWA, KAMA, RAMA, SIVA, VAYU
    Phrygian, ATYS
    Semitic, BAAL
    Teutonic, HLER
  • Goddess: Babylonian, ERUA, GULA
    Hawaiian, PELE
    Hindu, DEVI, KALI, SHRI, VACH
  • Gooseberry: Hawaiian, POHA
  • Gourd, PEPO
  • Grafted (heraldry), ENTE
  • Grandfather (obsolete), AIEL
  • Grandparents: Pertaining to, AVAL
  • Grass: Hawaiian, HILO
  • Gray (French), GRIS
  • Green (heraldry), VERT
  • Groom: Indian, SYCE
  • Half (prefix), DEMI, HEMI, SEMI
  • Hamlet, DORP
  • Hammerhead: Part of, PEEN
  • Handle, ANSA
  • Harp: Japanese, KOTO
  • Hartebeest, ASSE, TORA
  • Hautboy, OBOE
  • Hawk: Taken from nest (falconry), EYAS
  • Hearing (law), OYER
  • Heater: For liquids, ETNA
  • Herb: Aromatic, ANET, DILL
    Fabulous, MOLY
    Perennial, GEUM, SEGO
    Pot, WORT
    Used for blue dye, WADE, WOAD
  • Hill: Flat-topped, MESA
    Sand, DENE, DUNE
  • Hoarfrost, RIME
  • Hog: Immature female, GILT
  • Holly, ILEX
  • House: Cow, BYRE
    (Spanish), CASA
  • Ice: Floating, FLOE
  • Image, ICON, IKON
  • Incarnation: Of Vishnu, RAMA
  • Indian: Algonquin, CREE, SAUK
    Central American, MAYA
    Iroquoian, ERIE
    Mexican, CORA
    Peruvian, CANA, INCA, MORO
    Shoshonean, HOPI
    Siouan, OTOE
    Southwestern, HOPI, PIMA, YUMA, ZUNI
  • Insect: Immature, PUPA
  • Instrument: Stringed, LUTE, LYRE
  • Ireland, EIRE, ERIN
  • Jacket: English, ETON
  • Jail (British), GAOL
  • Jar, OLLA
  • Judge: Islamic, CADI
  • Juniper: European, CADE
  • Kiln, OAST, OVEN
  • King: British legendary, LUDD, NUDD
  • Kiss, BUSS
  • Knife: Philippine, BOLO
  • Koran: Section of, SURA
  • Laborer: Spanish American, PEON
  • Lake: Mountain, TARN
    (Scottish), LOCH
  • Lamp: Miner's, DAVY
  • Landing place: Indian, GHAT
  • Language: Buddhist, PALI
    Japanese, AINU
  • Latvian, LETT
  • Layer: Of iris, UVEA
  • Leaf: Palm, OLAY, OLLA
  • Legislature: Ukrainian, RADA
  • Lemur, LORI
  • Leopard, PARD
  • Let it stand, STET
  • Letter: Greek, BETA, IOTA, ZETA
    Hebrew, AYIN, BETH, CAPH, KOPH, RESH, SHIN, TETH, YODH
    Papal, BULL
  • Lily, ALOE
  • Literature: Hindu sacred, VEDA
  • Lizard, GILA
    Monitor, URAN
  • Loquat, BIWA
  • Magistrate: Genoese or Venetian, DOGE
  • Man (Latin), HOMO
  • Mark: Omission, DELE
  • Marmoset: South American, MICO
  • Meadow: Fertile, VEGA
  • Measure: Electric, VOLT, WATT
    Force, DYNE
    Hebrew, OMER
    Printing, PICA
    Spanish or Portuguese, VARA
    Swiss land, IMMI
  • Medley, OLIO
  • Merganser, SMEW
  • Milk (French), LAIT
  • Molding, GULA
    Curved, OGEE
  • Mongoose: Crab-eating, URVA
  • Monk: Tibetan, LAMA
  • Monkey: African, MONA, WAAG
    Ceylonese, MAHA
    Cochin-China, DOUC
    South American, SAKI, TITI
  • Monkshood, ATIS
  • Month: Jewish, ADAR, ELUL, IYAR
  • Mother (French), MERE
  • Mountain: Thessaly, OSSA
  • Mouse: Meadow, VOLE
  • Mythology: Norse, EDDA
  • Nail (French), CLOU
  • Native: Philippine, MORO
  • Nest: Of pheasants, NIDE
  • Network, RETE
  • No (German), NEIN
  • Noble: Islamic, AMIR
  • Notice: Death, OBIT
  • Novel: By Zola, NANA
  • Nursemaid: Oriental AMAH, AYAH, EYAH
  • Nut: Philippine, PILI
  • Oak: Holm, ILEX
  • Oil (comb. form), OLEO
  • Ostrich: American, RHEA
  • Oven, KILN, OAST
  • Owl: Barn, LULU
  • Ox: Celebes wild, ANOE
    Extinct wild, URUS
  • Palm, ATAP, NIPA, SAGO
  • Parliament, DIET
  • Parrot: New Zealand, KAKA
  • Pass: Indian mountain, GHAT
  • Passage: Closing (music), CODA
  • Peach: Clingstone, PAVY
  • Peasant: Indian, RYOT
    Old English, CARL
  • Pepper: Australasian, KAVA
  • Perfume, ATAR
  • Persia, IRAN
  • Person: Extraordinary, ONER
  • Pickerel or pike, ESOX
  • Pitcher, EWER
  • Plant: Aromatic, NARD
    Century, ALOE
    Indigo, ANIL
    Pepper, KAVA
  • Platform: Raised, DAIS
  • Plum: Wild, SLOE
  • Pods: Vegetable, OKRA, OKRO
  • Poem: Epic, EPOS
  • Poet: Persian, OMAR
    Roman, OVID
  • Poison, BANE
    Arrow, INEE
  • Porkfish, SISI
  • Portico: Greek, STOA
  • Premium, AGIO
  • Priest: Islamic, IMAM
  • Prima donna, DIVA
  • Prong: Fork, TINE
  • Pseudonym: Lamb's, ELIA
  • Queen: Carthaginian, DIDO
    Hindu, RANI
  • Rabbit, CONY
  • Race: Of Japan, AINU
  • Rail: Ducklike, COOT
    North American, SORA
  • Redshank, CLEE
  • Refuse: After pressing, MARC
  • Regiment: Turkish, ALAI
  • Reliquary, ARCA
  • Resort: Italian, LIDO
  • Ridges: Sandy, ASAR, OSAR
  • River: German, ELBE, ODER
    Italian, ADDA
    Siberian, LENA
  • Road: Roman, ITER
  • Rockfish: California, RENA
  • Rodent: Mouselike, VOLE
    South American, PACA
  • Rootstock, TARO
  • Salamander, NEWT
  • Salmon: Silver, COHO
    Young, PARR
  • Same (Greek), HOMO
    (Latin), IDEM
  • Sauce: Fish, ALEC
  • School: English, ETON
  • Seaweed, AGAR, ALGA, KELP
  • Secular, LAIC
  • Sediment, SILT
  • Seed: Dill, ANET
    Of vetch, TARE
  • Serf, ILOT
  • Sesame, TEEL
  • Settlement: Eskimo, ETAH
  • Shark: Atlantic, GATA
    European, TOPE
  • Sheep: Wild, UDAD
  • Sheltered, ALEE
  • Shield, EGIS
  • Ship: Jason's, ARGO
    Left side of, PORT
    Two-masted, BRIG
  • Shrine: Buddhist, TOPE
  • Shrub: New Zealand, TUTU
  • Sign: Magic, RUNE
  • Silkworm, ERIA
  • Skin: Beaver, PLEW
  • Skink: Egyptian, ADDA
  • Slave, ESNE
  • Sloth: Two-toed, UNAU
  • Smooth, LENE
  • Snow: Glacial, NEVE
  • Soapstone, TALC
  • Society: African secret, EGBO, PORO
  • Son: Of Seth, ENOS
  • Song (German), LIED
    Unaccompanied, GLEE
  • Sound: Lung, RALE
  • Sour, ACID
  • Sow: Young, GILT
  • Spike: Brad-shaped, BROB
  • Spirit: Buddhist evil, MARA
  • Stake: Poker, ANTE
  • Star: Temporary, NOVA
  • Starch: East Indian, SAGO
  • Stone: Precious, OPAL
  • Strap: Bridle, REIN
  • Strewn (heraldry), SEME
  • Sweetsop, ATES, ATTA
  • Sword: Fencing, EPEE, FOIL
  • Tambourine: African, TAAR
  • Tapir: Brazilian, ANTA
  • Tax, CESS
  • Tea: South American, MATE
  • Therefore (Latin), ERGO
  • Thing: Extraordinary, ONER
  • Three (dice, cards, etc.), TREY
  • Thrush: Hawaiian, OMAO
  • Tide, NEAP
  • Tipster: Racing, TOUT
  • Tissue, TELA
  • Title: Etruscan, LARS
    Hindu, BABU
    Indian, RAJA
    Islamic, EMIR, IMAM
    Persian, BABA
    Spanish, DONA
    Turkish, AGHA, BABA
  • Toad: Largest-known, AGUA
    Tree, HYLA
  • Tool: Cutting, ADZE
  • Track: Deer, SLOT
  • Tract: Sandy, DENE
  • Tree: Apple, SORB
    Central American, EBOE
    East Indian, TEAK
    Eucalyptus, YATE
    Guyanese and Trinidadian, MORA
    Javanese, UPAS
    Linden, LIME, LINN, TEIL, TILL
    Sandarac, ARAR
    Sassafras, AGUE
    Tamarisk salt, ATLE
  • Tribe: Moro, SULU
  • Trout, CHAR
  • Vessel: Arab, DHOW
  • Vestment: Ecclesiastical, COPE
  • Vetch, TARE
  • Vine: East Indian, SOMA
  • Violinist: Famous, AUER
  • Vortex, EDDY
  • Wampum, PEAG
  • Wapiti, STAG
  • Waste: Allowance for, TRET
  • Watchman: Indian, MINA
  • Water (Spanish), AGUA
  • Waterfall, LINN
  • Wavy (heraldry), ONDE, UNDE
  • Wax, CERE
    Chinese, PELA
  • Weed: Biblical, TARE
  • Weight: Ancient, MINA
    Danish (pl.), ESER
    East Asian, TAEL
    Greek, MINA
    Siamese, BAHT
  • Well done (rare), EUGE
  • Whale, CETE
    Killer, ORCA
    White, HUSE, HUSO
  • Whirlpool, EDDY
  • Wife: Of Geraint, ENID
  • Willow: Virginia, ITEA
  • Wine, PORT
  • Winged, ALAR
    (Heraldry), AILE
  • Wings, ALAE
  • Withered, SERE
  • Without (French), SANS
  • Wool: To comb, CARD
  • Work, OPUS
  • Wrong: Civil, TORT
  • Young: Bring forth, YEAN

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